Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne said Aug. 20 it appointed Mohsin Mirza, MD, as chief medical officer of MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center and MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center. MercyOne said Dr. Mirza previously led a regional clinical command center…
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BradenHealth has acquired the former Jellico (Tenn.) Hospital, with plans to reopen it as a full-service hospital. Five things to know: 1. The purchase from the City of Jellico is a minimum $14 million investment and is expected to create…
Anderson, S.C.-based AnMed has confirmed cybercriminals obtained information from the health system as part of the cybersecurity incident it first disclosed July 26. In an Aug. 21 update, AnMed CEO William Kenley shared a video message with patients, employees and…
Omaha, Neb.-based Nebraska Medicine is warning employees about a wave of Microsoft Teams voice calls impersonating IT support staff, becoming the latest health system to sound the alarm on a scam that has hit hospitals across the country over the…
Amazon is hiring software and applied-science leaders, an AI product manager and a healthcare cybersecurity specialist — the kinds of roles hospital and health system CIOs and chief digital officers are competing for as they build out their own AI…
Ambient documentation has scaled faster than the review process meant to check it. Expert clinician review remains the gold standard for note quality, but it does not scale to millions of notes a week. That leaves oversight teams working from…
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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has released updated guidelines supporting fallopian tube removal to reduce ovarian cancer risk. The updated guidance was published Aug. 20 in Obstetrics & Gynecology. The move comes after a study found fallopian tube…
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic recorded operating income of $501 million (8.6% operating margin) in the second quarter of 2026, up from $394 million (7.4% margin) during the same period last year, according to its Aug. 21 financial report. Five things…
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has opened a cancer center in Park City, Utah. The Intermountain Health Park City Hospital Cancer Center increased infusion capacity from four bays to 18, according to an Aug. 20 news release from the health…
A six-month screening campaign contained a Candida auris outbreak at a Seattle hospital without a single patient developing a symptomatic infection, researchers reported Aug. 19 in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Harborview Medical Center, a 500-bed public hospital and Level I trauma…